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Show THEY ALL JUMP ON M'CUNE. The Anti-nb- l'rrn.nry A'lianr. Meu in Convention at SI. I. ..ill., St. Lot is, Sept. id 1 ho anti-thin! puny and anti-sub-lreasiiry wing of the national farmers' alliance met here yesterday. Mot morn than half tho number of delegates expected were present. Tho. lonverl'ion was called to order and a ti mporary organization eli'ected by the election of U.S.Hall, ox-president of the .Missouri alliance, as chairman. After the appointment of a committee on credentials the temporary tem-porary organization e as made permanent. perma-nent. The afternoon sesiiion was very lively. live-ly. The committee on resolutions includes in-cludes W. S. McAllister of Mississippi, Dr. Ransom of 1 'enucsseo, (..'. A, Hiller and J. F. Davidson of Missouri, li. (,'. liraggof Texas. W. D. Wilsey of Illinois Illi-nois and R. J. Mct.'onuell of Iowa. The committee went, to work at once to prepare a platform. Dr. W. Puik Yearn Yea-rn ins of Miss uiri delivered an address Oil the government laud loan aud sub-treasury sub-treasury schemes, opposing both, Tho committee on resolutions made a partial report, embodying the principles princi-ples of the Fort Worth platform, with an additional rusoluiicn denouncing C. W . MeCune as a corruptionist, and the heticl imin of others. This clause of the report caused a heated debate, Wade of Tennessee insisting that the clause should be s'ricl.cn out. He held the com eution was not called to make personal per-sonal attacks, although he acknowledged acknowl-edged MeCune's disiionesiy. Yt aman of Missouri also urged that the clause be s'.'i icken out. Chairman Hall argued against the motion to st like out. lie denounced McCiinn as the tool of the politicians ami monopolists, having accepted a bribe from them, and the alliance should denounce him. McAllister of Mississippi said Met line is au octupus encircling in his slimy coils thefseutch-eon thefseutch-eon of the order, and should be do-" nounoed. Murray ami (ioodman of Texas aiso denounced MoC'uno. and tbe motion to strike out the denunciatory resolution wts finally defeated ill! yeas to i'i navs. " |